Chelsey Leighton Event: Marathon Hometown: Lapwai, ID Year: Senior Previous School: Lapwai HS

JUNIOR: The Warriors’ top finisher at NAIA Nationals, placing 48th overall and 38th among scoring runners as the team finished 11th overall…Was third at the Frontier Conference Championships and the LCSC Invite.

SOPHOMORE: Had a solid season topped by being the third finisher for the Warriors at the national meet...Was among the top six finishers all year and placed second on the team among the returners in two meets, the Eric Anderson Invite and the Willamette Invite…Ran a season-best time of 18:56 in the Warrior Invitational, which placed her 12th overall…Was seventh on the team and 12th overall at the Frontier Conference meet...Finished in the top 40 in every meet but two...Was 119th at the national meet.

FRESHMAN: Finished among the top-eight LC runners in every race…Achieved best time and overall finish at the LCSC Invite, placing 14th and recording a time of 19:17.6…Broke school record in the indoor 400m, finishing in 1:02.46…Recorded a season-best indoor 200m time of 28.12…in outdoor track set school record in 200m (28.11), 400m (1:03.20) and 4x400m relay (4:18.14).

HIGH SCHOOL: Participated in five sports at Lapwai High School, including two sports at the same time…Four-year letter-winner in volleyball and also participated in cross country during one of the fall seasons…Captain of the volleyball team for three seasons…Earned four letters in basketball as a guard/forward…Participated on both the softball and track teams in the spring, earning four letters…Played in the District II All-Star Game for volleyball and basketball her senior year and was a 1A second-team all-state selection in basketball as her team won both the district and state title…Member of state champion 4x400m relay team that set a state record…Holds the school record in the 100m, 200m and 400m, and was part of the record-setting 4x200m, 4x400m and medley relay teams.

PERSONAL: Born Feb. 2, 1991 to Josh and Dawn Leighton…Five brothers: Preston, Garrett, Rielly, Shelby, and Kendall, and one sister: Joslyn… Dad and her sister both attended LCSC and she has several relatives who were college athletes, including uncles Johnson and Gem Leighton, who both played basketball at LCSC…Hobbies are sports, swimming, Wii, watching movies, doodling, listening to music, and eating…Earned a 3.80 GPA in high school and finished second in regionals and third in state in Desktop Publishing in Business Professionals of America competition… Majoring in Elementary Education.

NICKNAME: Auntie Chooch...FAVORITE PHRASE: “Maka-Meeka-Maka”...FAVORITE BOOK: Tuesdays with Morrie...FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Justified, America’s Got Talent...FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Red Robin...FAVORITE MUSICIANS: Eli Young Band, Chris Young, Billy Currington... MOST MEMORABLE SPORTS MOMENT: Puffer Butte Run 2010.